engulfing

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响
engulf的现在分词

COCA.43887

柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指突然）吞没，吞噬
  If one thingengulfsanother, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
  1. A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats...
     山体滑坡掩埋了一栋公寓楼，造成一名7岁男孩丧生。
  2. The flat is engulfed in flames.
     那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• VERB 使陷入（某种感觉或情绪）
  If a feeling or emotionengulfsyou, you are strongly affected by it.
  1. ...the pain that engulfed him...
     将他吞噬的苦痛
  2. He looked around his dark, cluttered office and was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.
     他环顾自己昏暗杂乱的办公室，陷入一阵空虚之中。

双语例句

• A credit crisis is engulfing the US and Europe, said Mr Fink, an Anderson alumnus and UCLA graduate.
  作为安德森商学院及加州大学洛杉矶分校毕业生的芬克表示：一场信贷危机正在席卷美国和欧洲。
• The fictional character Walter Mitty created a better life for himself by engulfing himself in his dreams.
  虚构特性华尔特·米蒂由在他的梦吞没他自己为他自己创造了更好的生活。
• The technological revolution now engulfing the modern world has penetrated almost all aspects of daily life.
  科技革命支配整个现代社会，也渗入我们日常生活里几乎每一环节。
• Congressional probes of multiple scandals engulfing the Obama administration are continuing.
  国会对奥巴马政府的多个丑闻调查仍在继续。
• But are they strong enough to stop the violence that is engulfing the world?
  但他们有足够的力量阻止吞噬这世界的烽火吗？
• But many of those present at this and a series of other town hall meetings were left angry by the apparent failure to confront the reality of the crisis engulfing the company.
  但在场的许多人，以及出席其它市政厅会议的许多人，都对这种明显不能正视危机正在席卷公司这一现实的态度感到愤怒。
• Spanish and Italian politicians scrambled on Tuesday to find a fresh response to the debt crisis engulfing the two countries as their borrowing costs hit new euro-era highs.
  周二，随着西班牙和意大利的借债成本创下欧元时代以来的新高，两国政界人士紧急采取行动，寻找应对本国债务危机的新举措。
• The crisis engulfing Toyota deepened yesterday when the US government urged the owners of more than 2m recalled cars and trucks to stop driving them and take them to dealers for repair.
  丰田汽车（Toyota）的危机昨日进一步加剧，美国政府敦促200多万辆被召回轿车和卡车的车主停止驾驶这些车辆，并将其送往经销商处维修。
• A photographer had fused the lights, engulfing the entire house darkness.
  一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了，使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。
• The yen staged an extraordinary surge yesterday, rising on a flight to safety by investors as the crisis engulfing global financial markets intensified.
  在席卷全球金融市场的危机加剧之际，投资者纷纷寻求安全的投资，导致日元昨日大幅飙升。